Iraq’s government has said that all measures to isolate the Kurdish region would be temporary and reversed if the Kurds annulled the results of the vote, which Iraq’s Supreme Court deemed unconstitutional.

Catherine Doolan now serves as an intern and advisor for the Archbishop Bernardito Auza, Apostolic Nuncio and Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations, with a primary focus in security-related issues.

North Korea has played up its bad behavior by antagonizing regional neighbors with aggressive missile launches and weapons development programs. The U.S. must continue to oppose this lest other nations accept it as normal.